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Any idea what's in Joc Pederson's future? He's hitting well in AAA (it is the PCL, but even so, 327/437/615 is a good line), but he is so wildly blocked in LA. They already have $42M worth of left fielders (neither of whom are playing well, but you can't sit forty two million dollars on the bench), Ethier is playing well, and Puig is hitting baseballs like it's going out of style. Is he trade bait? Are they going to swallow a lot of the money due to Kemp/Crawford or Gonzalez and move one or more of them? Or is he just going to spend a really long time in AAA?

The Game of 6/9/84 was a good one, featuring starters who got off to similar starts but had appearances differing in length by over 6 innings. More interestingly, it featured a complete freak of a walkoff play - to such an extent that it would not surprise me to learn that there hasn't been one like it since. (It wouldn't surprise me if there has either. I doubt this specific play is P-I searchable, but would be hugely curious to hear if anyone is aware of a more recent instance.)

The Game of 6/9/14 included five runs in the first inning, three runs in the ninth, and only one in the seven innings between. The three-run ninth featured a game-tying rally and a game-winning rally. And the road team reached the maximum possible number of outs between scoring runs in a nine-inning game.